wow factor

Today we visited Turner to Monet.

Five rooms featuring works by the great landscape artists of the 19th century.
The experience left me calm, surprised, inspired and enriched.

Constable, Roberts, Streeton, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Pissarro, Turner and many others...

Congratulations NGA

This weekend I'm visiting the Turner to Monet exhibition.

The following will no doubt effect my appreciation.....

Record price for Monet at auction - ABC News

A masterpiece by French impressionist Claude Monet sold for $US41.4 million ($AU43.6 million) at auction in New York overnight

Click the image for a larger popup.

Monet - Le Pont Du Chemin De Fer A Argenteuil

In a well planned show of love for China, thousands of Chinese students descended on Canberra with a simple objective... drown out any pro Tibet activity.

This was not a spontaneous outpouring of Olympic love.

I drove she who knows best to work in the city at 7 am and watched organised groupings marching to their designated locations along the torch relay route.

China has a frail sense of confidence if it still believes sheer numbers are the solution to their issues.

At least they had no counter to the sky writer slowly composing Free Tibet across the blue morning sky.

Click the image for a larger popup.

Image source: ABC News News coverage: ABC News

National Youth Self Portrait Prize 2008

The classy winning entry ... Awkward self by Jessica Herrington

Click the image for a larger pop-up. via: ABC

If you visit the official Government site you won't find any mention of the SIEV-X memorial.

SIEV X - Wikipedia
While the ACT Government was supportive of the memorial with Chief Minister Jon Stanhope opening the memorial, the Federal Government, tried to stop the memorial being constructed. The National Capital Authority claimed that it was not an approved structure.

Approximately 146 children, 142 women and 65 men died

It's is a profound memorial where each post honours a man, woman or child lost in the tragedy. The posts were hand decorated by schools and community groups from around Australia.

Additional links: Flickr - photo stream, Sievx Memorial Project